Game-carrier.



R. WILSON. GAME CARRIER.

APPLICATION FILED AER. 9, 1912.

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RALPH WILSON, 0F PILGER, NEBRASKA. I

GAME-CARRIER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed April 9, 1912.

Patented Dec. 31,1912. Serial No. 689,615.

To all whom it may comm-n:

Be it known that I, RALPH WILSON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Pilger, in the county of Stanton and State of Nebraska, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Game-Carriers, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

This invention comprehends certain'new and useful improvements in game carriers and relates more particularly to devices of this nature which are formed from a single piece of wire.

The object of the invention is to provide a game carrier whichshall be adapted to both fowls and small animals and which shall be simple, convenient and safe.

The invention also aims to generally improve devices of this nature to render them more useful and commercially desirable.

With these and other objects in View, as will become apparent as the description proceeds, the invention consists in certain constructions and arrangement of parts which I shall hereinafter fully describe, claim and illustrate in the accompanying drawing, which shows a perspective View of my device.

Similar parts are referred to in the description and designated in the accompanying drawings by like reference characters.

Referring to the drawing by numerals, 1 designates a central vertical rod or stem formed by bending a wire together at its intermediate point and twistlng the two arms about each other. The top of the stem is bent inwardly as at 2 and then formed into a vertical loop 3 disposed at right angles to the arm 2. The belt of the wearer passes through this loop and secures the device in position. At the lower end of the stem 1 two elongated loops 4 and 5 are formed by bending the end portions of the wire laterally as at 6, then upwardly parallel to the stem as shown at 7 and then inwardly. The upper ends of the loops are enlarged by bending the sides 7 semi-circularly outward as at 8. Next the wires are twisted around the stem as shown at 9 and then extended upwardly on opposite sides thereof and in the same plane as the loops 4 and 5, to form the arms or prongs 10, the ends of which are turned under forming the nibs 11. These arms diverge from the stem 1 and are secured thereto at their upper ends by the rings 12 which are held in the loop 13 of the stem and which may be easily slipped over the arms 10 when desired. The nibs 11 engaging the top of the rings serve to hold them over the arms.

My device is used as follows: Fowls such as ducks, geese, etc., are carried in the loops 4 and 5, being positioned therein by passing their heads through the enlarged upper ends of the loops. The portions of the walls below the enlarged upper ends of the loops bind against the neck of the fowls and are close enough together to prevent their heads from slipping through. Small animals as rabbits are carried by the arms 9 of my device being secured thereto in any convenient manner.

From the foregoing description in connection with the accompanying drawing it will be seen that I have provided a simple game carrier which is admirably adapted for small game of every description.

Having thus described the invention, I claim:

1. A game carrier comprising a central stem having loops formed at one end thereof and arms continuing from the ends of said loops, the arms being extended around the stem in relatively opposite directions and then extended longitudinally thereof.

2. A game carrier comprising a wire bent centrally upon itself and twisted together to provide a central stem, one end of said stem being bent at right angles thereto and formed into a loop, longitudinally extended portions disposed on opposite sides of the stem at the other end thereof forming therewith loops, said loops having their inner ends enlarged and diverging arms formed by extending the ends of the longitudinal portions around the stem in relatively opposite directions and then upwardly on opposite sides thereof.

3. A game carrier comprising a wire bent centrally upon itself and twisted together to form a central stem, one end of the stem being bent at right angles thereto and formed into a loop, the strands at the other end of the stem being extended longitudinally and spaced upon opposite sides of the stem forming in conjunction therewith loops, said loops having their inner ends enlarged, diverging arms formed by extending the ends of the loops about the stem in relatively opposite directions, said arms extending longitudinally on opposite sides of the stem, and means for connecting the arms to said stem.

4. A game carrier comprising a wire bent centrally upon itself and twisted together to provide a central stem, one end of said stem being bent at right angles thereto and formed into a loop, the strands of wire extending laterally from the other end of the central stem and then longitudinally thereof providing in conjunction with the stem elongated loops, the inner ends of the loops being bent around the stem and extended longitudinally thereof to provide diverging arms and rings carried by said stem adapted to removably engage said arms.

5. A game carrier comprising a wire bent centrally upon itself and twisted together to form a central stem longitudinally extended portions disposed on opposite sides of the stem forming therewith loops, said longitudinal portions being extended around the same in relatively opposite directions and then extended longitudinally on opposite sides of the stem to form arms.

In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

RALPH WILSON.

Witnesses:

F. J. YOUNG, W. W. VAUen'r.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents.

' Washington, D. G. 

